For years Elldrew’s ‘local’ pub in Kentish Town NW5 was less than 100 metres away, but we never dared enter in fear that we might not make it out alive. You see, The Grafton was a run down pub that attracted the wrong crowd, and as far as we knew, it was kept afloat via …
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Blustons, Long May You Reign
After a day amongst the mass market ‘Made in China’ jubilee paraphernalia of Oxford Street, it’s nice to step back in time to how things really were when the Queen came to the throne. We are of course referring to Elldrew’s favourite little shop in the world – and sit down because this is not …
In Hertford, Hereford & Hampshire…
Hurricanes Hardly Ever Happen! But apparently at Kentish Town tube station you’re advised to ‘Hang on to your Hats’. A small thing we know but something to put a smile on your face before being packed into a tin tube, like a sardine, for that ritual morning commute in London…already dreading the Olympic tourist crush!